Ch. 8

Question 1

Traditional practices, such as blessing oneself with holy water, are essential parts of the faith

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Other Christian denominations have the same belief in church tradition that Catholics do

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The scriptures grew out of the tradition of the early church

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Tradition is sometimes developed independently of the scriptures

Answer 4

False

Question 5

Only the pope issues church teachings

Answer 5

False

Question 6

All doctrines are dogmas

Answer 6

False

Question 7

Infallibility is not a human characteristic

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Infallibly pronounced statements can be refined and communicated in new ways throughout the church

Answer 8

True

Question 9

All christians can claim faith in the beliefs expressed in the apostles’ creed, through they may differ slightly in their interpretation of those beliefs

Answer 9

True

Question 10

God is an abstract, isolated being

Answer 10

False

Question 11

Catholics celebrate six official sacraments

Answer 11

False

Question 12

For Catholics, no contradiction exists between what can be known by intelligence and what can be known by faith

Answer 12

True

Question 13

Catholic devotion to the saints does not threaten the love that is due to god

Answer 13

True

Question 14

Tradition

Answer 14

The process by which the church deepens its understanding of everything it believes is essential to the faith and then passes it on to every generation

Question 15

Pope

Answer 15

The symbol and guarantor of the church’s unity

Question 16

tradition

Answer 16

A customary practice, like opening presents at Christmas

Question 17

Dogmas

Answer 17

Doctrines taught under the fullest authority of the church

Question 18

Thomas Aquinas

Answer 18

A saint and great intellectual who showed us the union of faith and reason at its best

Question 19

Unity of faith

Answer 19

What the world youth day pilgrims found they shared

Question 20

Credo

Answer 20

A word that has a root meaning of “I set my heart on”

Question 21

Tertullian

Answer 21

A theologian who wrote during the second century

Question 22

Encyclical

Answer 22

Letter from the pope to the worldwide church

Question 23

Magisterium

Answer 23

The official teaching voice of the church